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I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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allSmiles said 4:57PM on 10-18-2008
stupid Bush and his pisspoor economy!
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Larkman said 7:41PM on 10-18-2008
Blaming the global economy? Gee, why don't they request a buyout from the government. Those guys made bigger mistakes and still go on "business trips".
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minibar said 9:36PM on 10-18-2008
"The plan might have worked if the company had, I don't know, partnered with magazine publishers to make free ad-supported versions of the magazine available. ... Not a flawed business model that was incurring the wrath of publishers."
Online media remains in a state of ever-changing flux and the traditional publishing industry in particular is in a fight for their existence, so whether you like what you call "sharing" or not, it is mostly likely on the backs of innovators--even websites with awful user interfaces that deservedly fail not quickly enough, that will lead us to the future, and improbably big content acting on their own, because they have more interest and experience in maintaining the status quo.
Also, that passive-aggressive bit doesn't work so well.
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bla said 11:30PM on 10-18-2008
Schade, ihr fucking verklemmte Wichser. Seht doch endlich die Zukunft! Ihr werdert nicht dabeisein,
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srbudboyy2k said 11:30PM on 10-18-2008
I've been to this site and I wish I could say good things. It was quite revolting how much porn can come up when you type in PCmagazine...
-Bret
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Bob said 8:12AM on 10-19-2008
This site was doomed from the start, cant believe it worked so long!
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Votre said 10:26AM on 10-20-2008
Spin, spin, spin...
Besides I can really see a publisher getting interested in their "business model."
"OK Mr. Mygazines, you put our content up on the web and let anybody read it for free. And that benefits my periodical by...."
(The script ended there after 25 minutes of silence.)
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Chris O'Rourke said 3:55PM on 10-20-2008
So with full scans of the magazines that means users of the site also viewed the ads every magazine is full of as well? I can't see why that's a problem.
If the publishers would hurry up and realize that giving me the ability to view the same articles online as though I'd bought the issue they'd be better off. Less money in printing costs is the way to win.
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